jpost.com - 11/27/2008
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Indian commandos and police were evacuating civilians and cordoning off the area apparently in preparation to storm the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, where a rabbi, his wife and several other Israelis were being held hostage, according to IBN, an Indian news agency. Chabad spokesman in Israel, ...
theatlantic.com - 11/28/2008
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theatlantic.com —
Heavily armed, hooded gunmen have killed more than
100 people and wounded more than 300 in Mumbai...
in coordinated attacks against two five-star hotels, the city’s largest train station, a movie theater, a hospital, and a Jewish center. Indian Prime ...
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Behind Mumbai - The Atlantic
(November 2008 Unbound)
israelmatzav.blogspot.com - 11/27/2008
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israelmatzav.blogspot.com —
The Jerusalem Post reports Thursday morning that one
of the buildings that was attacked by terrorists on...
Wednesday night in Mumbai (Bombay) is the local Chabad House. On Thursday morning, the kidnappers apparently released the couple's young boy and his nanny, who said that the rabbi and his ...
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Hostage situation at Chabad House
haaretz.com - 11/28/2008
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haaretz.com —
The bodies of five hostages were found Friday
after Indian security forces stormed the besieged Chabad center...
in Mumbai, an Israeli diplomat told Israeli television by telephone from the scene. "The incident has not ended," Haim Choshen told Channel ...
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Israeli diplomat: Five hostages killed at ...
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Hostage situation at Chabad House
Israel Matzav —
Hostage situation at Chabad House [image] The Jerusalem Post reports Thursday morning that one of the buildings that was attacked by terrorists on Wednesday night in Mumbai (Bombay) is the local Chabad House . On Thursday morning, the kidnappers apparently released the couple's young boy and his nanny, who said that the rabbi and his wife were alive but unconscious. Indian television showed footage of the young boy leaving the building with the nanny. The rabbi's mother confirmed to Army Radio that her one-year-old grandson had been released. "Pray that we should hear good news," urged a Chabad spokesman, Rabbi Zalman Shmotkin, in a telephone conversation with The ...
Something To Give Thanks About -- Part III
Rhymes With Right —
I've wanted to say something that may be a bit controversial ever since I turned the news on yesterday afternoon and saw the horrors taking place in India . mumbaiattacks[1].jpg mumbaigunman[1].jpg This day we should all offer thanks to and for President George W. Bush and the policies and procedures put in place since 9/11 which have prevented this nation from suffering a major terrorist attack on our soil over the ...
We’re all Chabadniks now
Dean's World —
Extremist Muslims lashing out angrily at the West, as leverage on the Hindu majority in India, have slaughtered over 100 people in the Indian city of Mumbai. These people were killed, in classical Islamist terrorist style, for just being who they are. So naturally the Jews were on their list of targets too, and the latest news is that “ten to twenty” Israelis are in being held hostage in Mumbai’s Chabad House and a Mumbai hotel.
What’s a Chabad house? CHABAD is the Hebrew acronym for the words chochma, bina and daas — wisdom, understanding and knowledge ...
No Obama Press Conference Today-- News Day Is All About Mumbai
DownWithTyranny! —
... at the CNN affiliate and there are still three sieges going on, one at the Oberoi (Trident) Hotel, one at the Taj Hotel, and one at Nariman House (where 10-15 Israelis are being held). There are hostages. Indian special forces are preparing to storm the three locations. The police say they picked up a cell phone from a terrorist inside the Taj and that its getting calls from "a neighboring country." Nepal? Myanmar? ...
Mumbai jihadists freed Turkish hostages because they were Muslims
Jihad Watch —
... of "suspected Muslim militants," and the Jerusalem Post dares to write about "Islamic terrorists," but in general in the mainstream media there is the expected reticence about identifying the attackers as jihadists or as Muslims at all, and no discussion whatsoever of the Islamic texts and teachings that almost certainly inspired them to this spree of murder and mayhem. ...
Murders at the Chabad House
The Corner on National Review Online —
[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Friday, November 28, 2008 [image] Murders at the Chabad House [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Local news in New York has focused on Jewish hostages in Mumbai, including Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife , who previously lived in Crown Heights. The latest i sn't promising. 11/28 10:00 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us ...
Eight Israelis confirmed dead in Mumbai
Israel Matzav —
Eight Israelis confirmed dead in Mumbai Israel's foreign ministry has confirmed the deaths of eight Israelis in Mumbai. Among them are Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg HY"D (may God avenge their blood), the director of the Chabad House in Mumbai and his wife. More here ...
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Five dead at the Chabad House
powerlineblog.com 11/28/2008 — The New York Daily News profiles the American/Israeli rabbi and wife whose fate at the Chabad House in Mumbai was left hanging overnight. CNN reports that the bodies of five hostages have been found at the Chabad House. CNN describes the ...
In the Wake of Mumbai: An Agnostic Jew Considers Chabad
pajamasmedia.com 12/1/2008 — Like many agnostic Jews, I have my own experience of Chabad.
I first encountered them years ago on Los Angeles’ LaBrea Avenue, when a rabbi from one of their “Mitzvah tanks” (mobile vans) stopped me on the sidewalk. He asked if I was Jewish and, if ...
It’s Not Over Yet in Mumbai —
The Moderate Voice
Jerusalem Post: Siege ends at Mumbai’s Taj Hotel
State official says last 3 gunmen there have been killed; 119 people dead, 288 hurt in attacks.
Jerusalem Post: 8 people seen near Chabad House not hostages
Foreign Ministry Spokesman refutes earlier media reports; Indian commandos ...
Israel compared with Nazi Germany at Chabad in Oxford —
Israel Matzav
Red Tulips (whom I have actually met!) was in the Chabad House at Oxford (England) (pictured) this past weekend at almost exactly the moment when Chabad House in Mumbai was being retaken. She has written an essay describing her experience, which I urge you all to read in full: At almost the ...
MUMBAI'S CHABAD HOSTAGES WERE KILLED —
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
HAARTEZ: Rescue personnel: Hostages in Mumbai Chabad house are dead Indian commandos found two bodies at Mumbai's Chabad center on Friday which appear to be of hostages, the country's National Security Guards chief said. Chabad first raised the alarm Wednesday night, when the city-wide ...
Israeli hostages in Mumbai —
Power Line
Not much attention has been paid to the Israeli hostages being held at the Chabad House (also referred to as Nariman House) in Mumbai. The BBC has posted a brief report . Drudge has also posted a link to the longer Jerusalem Post article reporting that a rabbi, his wife and several other ...
Mumbai jihadists hold rabbi and wife hostage —
Jihad Watch
Why? Because they see their jihad in India as just one part of the larger jihad against America, Britain, and the West, and against Israel. And because the Qur'an says that "strongest among men in enmity to the believers you will find the Jews..." (5:82).
"Terrorist Killed in Chabad House," ...
Mourning Chabad —
Tammy Bruce
A post by Maynard
The late
Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg and his wife Rivka
You've heard the terrible details of the massacre in Mumbai by Islamic terrorists. The city's Chabad House was targeted, along with major hotels and restaurants, a hospital and market, and the main train station.
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Targeting Jews —
Yourish.com
I found this report from Arutz-7 heart breaking .
According to ZAKA emergency service, the body of the Rabbi’s wife Rivka was found covered with a tallit (Jewish prayer shawl), which her husband had managed to cover her with.
Presumably Rabbi Holzberg knew he was threatened, and ...
Mumbai Update 11:00 AM EST —
The Moderate Voice
Jerusalem Post:
The Foreign Ministry confirmed the deaths of eight Israelis in the Mumbai terror attacks which began Wednesday. Authorities announced the name of a fourth Israeli victim, 60-year-old Yohevet Orpaz, after her family identified her body on Saturday afternoon, Israel Radio ...
Mumbai Update 9:00 AM EST —
The Moderate Voice
Supposedly, it’s over now except that there are more bodies to be found and buried. The death toll is up to 195 people and 3 more dead hostages have been found at the Chabad House.
Four Americans Among Mumbai Dead —
Drudge Retort
The number of Amercians known to have been killed in the India terrorist attacks rose to four today as the Chabad-Lubavitch movement confirmed that a New York rabbi and his wife are among the dead.
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